Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto

Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto
"La media naranja" (The half orange)
Full name Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto
Location Avenida 27 de Febrero, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Coordinates 18.474935°N 69.918789°W
Owner Gobierno Dominicano
Operator Federacion Dominicana de Baloncesto (Fedombal)
Capacity 8,337
Construction
Opened 1974
Construction cost RD$528 Million
Tenants
Dominican Republic national basketball team
Leones de Santo Domingo (LNB)
Titanes del Licey (LNB)
Basketball at the 2003 Pan American Games
2010 World Youth Women's Handball Championship

The Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto is an 8,337-seat multi-purpose arena in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, built in 1974 for the XII Central American and Caribbean Games. It currently hosts local sporting events and concerts and held the basketball games during the 2003 Pan American Games. It is known as "La Media Naranja" (The Half Orange) for its characteristic orange roof. The arena is also used in the Miss Dominican Republic Pageant. It also hosted games from the 2010 World Youth Women's Handball Championship.

Preceded by
Winnipeg Arena
Winnipeg
Pan American Games Basketball Tournament
Venue

2003
Succeeded by
Olympic Arena
Rio de Janeiro


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